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a black and white photo of a ship from the 1930s
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Remembering the First Smithsonian Expedition to Puerto Rico

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Screenshot from Census of Marine Life video of the bottom of a red-colored octopus in dark water.
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Creature Feature from the Census of Marine Life

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Screenshot from "Census of Marine Life" video showing an upside down pink-colored jellyfish.
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Census of Marine Life Video Release

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These zooplankton collected on a research cruise include a jellyfish, a lanternfish, a snipe eel, two large orange shrimp, a fuzzy pyrosome (which is bioluminescent), and several smaller animals.
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One Fish, Two Fish: Estimating Undiscovered Species

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The elusive giant squid
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Reflections on the Successful Search for the Giant Squid

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Researchers can study ocean acidification in the lab by rearing organisms (here, Lophelia deep-sea corals) in seawater with variable pH and measuring if they grow, eat, breathe, reproduce, or develop differently.
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Studying Acidification in the Lab

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A view out of the tiny window of the Johnson-Sea-Link submersible.
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Johnson-Sea-Link Submersible

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Alexis Temkin stands in marsh grass holding a reptile.
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Five Questions With Alexis Temkin, Searching For Links Between Deepwater Horizon & Human Health

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The Havre volcano lies three thousand feet (900 meters) beneath the sea surface.
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The Mystery of an Underwater Volcano

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Down below where the sunlight cannot penetrate, the ocean is a dark, cold and alien landscape. Can life really exist in such an extreme environment? NOAA Ocean Today Every Full Moon takes a look at the bizarre and remarkable creatures that persist in the d
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Mysteries of the Mesopelagic

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Grey reef sharks are among the most versatile and tough predators on a Pacific coral reef, but they are also among the most vulnerable species, as they are threatened by wasteful fishing practices like shark finning.
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Where the Shark and the Snapper Roam

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On Moorea, an island in French Polynesia, researchers are striving to complete a biocode—a DNA catalog of every life form big enough to pick up with tweezers.
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Scientists Catalog Life on the Island of Moorea

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